Reply #94: ... and so justified, if one cares about race. [View All]

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Dean says that workplaces aren't diverse NOT because not enough black kids have the opportunities to reach beyond their, perhaps, limited horizons.

He's saying that some white gatekeeper in human resources has an unconscious feeling that has to change.

The former explanation requires a committement of time, energy, government resources, hard thought, compassion and concern. The latter requires that you change your unconscious feelings.

If I'm a white person who doesn't want to have to give up what I got, I'm going to find the request to change unconscious feelings much more appealing than that other more complicated committment of resources and energies.

(oh, and, which do you think is the truth?)